Editor’s note: where possible we have linked the candidates to their campaign websites. Yesterday was the last day to file to run for the open city council seats in most of the…
KTSM News – Live updates: Obamas to speak on second night of Democratic convention
Former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are set to speak on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Obamas’ speech comes a day after President…
The Athletic MiLB News – Cubs drop Héctor Neris and promote Jack Neely from Triple A
Neris delivered for the Cubs in many ways, but it was a high-wire act. The team now wants to get an up-close look at Neely. Read: Read More
KTSM News – 1 rescued out of canal in El Paso’s Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A person was rescued out of a canal Tuesday morning, Aug. 20, in El Paso’s Lower Valley, according to the El Paso Fire Department. The Fire Department…
El Paso Matters – Elections 2024: Who’s running for El Paso mayor, City Council
Seven candidates – including three sitting city representatives – are seeking to become El Paso’s next mayor. Eighteen other candidates have filed for city representative seats in six of the eight City…
Texas Monthly – Jury finds parents of student accused in Santa Fe school shooting not negligent
Jurors instead put the responsibility with the shooter and a firearms ammunition retailer in a trial over the 2018 shooting. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – He Ran One of East Austin’s Last Piñata Shops. Now He’s Being Evicted.
For more than four decades, the Pinata Party Palace, located on Cesar Chavez Street in East Austin, has remained steadfastly anchored to the past while the world around it has changed. Glassy…
Texas Monthly – Summer Weather’s Been Hell for Taco Truck Owners. Here’s How They Deal With It.
As the first summer heat wave set in during early May, Lizzeth Martinez, co-owner of the Naco Mexican food truck, in San Antonio, saw business dip by double-digit percentages. As the season…
Texas Monthly – The Karankawa Want You to Know They’re Not Extinct
The book was called Cannibal Coast. It was written by Ed Kilman and published in 1959 by the Naylor Company, in San Antonio, which specialized in books about Texas and the Southwest….
Texas Monthly – Meet the Star of Tejano Couture
The heroines of Dominico Lee’s design sketches look as though they escaped the pages of a storybook. The intentionally frayed hems of the gowns, in silk and tulle, suggest a chase or…